(DAILY PROMPT
“Age is just a number,” says the well-worn adage. But is it a number you care about, or one you tend (or try) to ignore?)
I’m a twenty years old kid. Yes I still am a kid. Just because I crossed the threshold of eighteen doesn’t change it. Neither does the fact that I have just progressed into my twenty’s.
I am still a kid.
And that is the thing about age. It is just a number.
I am here talking in general about people aged between adolescence and retirement.
Let me explain that.
Age doesn’t guarantee respect. And that coming from an Indian is a contradiction. Indian culture a founding stone in respecting elders. But I hardly see that. Sure we append ji as suffix to them when we converse, but it doesn’t mean respect.
I believe we live in a world that is adamant to the idea, “You want my respect, you have to earn it”. Wonder whatever happened to “Give respect first and then receive respect”.
Next important thing, age doesn’t mean experience. Experience isn’t something that gets cumulated by age. It is accumulated by what all you do in that age/time spent.
Age doesn’t give you maturity, and increasing age doesn’t take away your jovial nature.
Yes, experience is by what YOU do with the time spent. It is your choice! And respect is also at the end is still your choice!
So if I may conclude I’ll say this, age doesn’t mean anything, it is just a contributing factor. It is at the end your choices that decide things.
So age is just a number. That increases without any control.
You are as young as you want to be.
Let’s see what others have written:
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been a long time been a long time been a long lonely lonely lonely lonely time
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http://thatsmyanswer.com/2014/07/28/daily-prompt-from-wordpress-is-age-just-a-number/
Thanks For Reading
Itsmayurremember
It's Mayur Remember? 
Thank you Mayur for including our post in your post. You have a bag full of intellectual write-ups! Your write-up on “Age is..” was worth reading. Just to clarify few points regarding Indians as we are also from India. 🙂 Indian culture is a respectable culture. And so far respect from individuals is concerned, we feel it is a matter of how you feel for the other person. Indians address small children too as “aap” in hindi, because we respect them. True, respect has to be earned, but why wait for it..? What is disappointing is that we expect a lot from others and stay away from giving generously. Once we start respecting others we earn it, others give it or not. Always remain a kid at heart! Best wishes! 🙂
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Thank you for taking the time to read and comment
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Thanks for including my post here. Also, I’m 100% with you on this one. Age is just yet another attribute that some people find sooo crucial to categorise us. It’s all about just adding people into another little group.
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Adding people into another group
That’s sugarcoating it 😉
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Thank you for including my post in your post! I’m looking forward to reading more of your blog.
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